Lee Weatherly

Testimonies for Lee Weatherly
“As well as being a very talented writer, Lee is one of the most naturally gifted teachers I have ever met. I came to think of her as an unofficial mentor over the years, whose wisdom and sharp writerly instincts have helped me again and again. I highly recommend Lee as a mentor to anyone who wants to take their writing to the next level.” — Cass Green, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman Next Door and In a Cottage in a Wood

“Lee’s no-nonsense, practical approach focuses on the core necessities in writing fiction. Tight plots, intense scenes and making each word work in raising the story as high as it can possibly go. She knows it all!” — Sarwat Chadda, author of the Devil’s Kiss and Ash Mistry series
“Lee mentored me as an unpublished writer and again when I was writing my second novel, Grounded, which went on to win the Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year 2013. She is a very astute reader with a gift for identifying what is and isn’t working in a manuscript and the ability to convey that to the writer. I especially valued Lee’s gift for understanding story structure – something which is often overlooked. Lee always made me feel my work was valuable and that she really cared about helping me to make it the best it could be.” — Sheena Wilkinson, award-winning author of Taking Flight, Grounded and Street Song

‘Well within my target year, the novel was out there in the real world, with an agent.’
Jane Rusbridge, author of The Devil’s Music (Bloomsbury), mentored by Kathryn Heyman.

‘During the mentoring year I found an agent based on a previous novel and Shelley has been extremely supportive over that big step.’Dorothy Judd, mentored by Shelley Weiner.

‘I would recommend the Gold Dust mentoring scheme to any first time novelist and am grateful to you for giving the opportunity of working with such a great writer and teacher.’Sally-Anne Lomas, mentored by Jane Rogers